When will Linux version be released?

Works with WINE.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13053

Thank you for the tip, Sir.
Hope EB20 will extend to all publications on ebooks.com
I have an e-book and is not on eb20 application.

I hardly can wait to use my eeePC to read the books and to get rid of the paper -save the trees, go green-
Sincerely,
Razvan Bajora

Bought a Bible I can not read.

The seller site indicated that you need Acrobat Reader 6 or 7
and since version 8 is installed on my computer I thought it was OK.

But then after I payed, it requested me install "Digital Editions" before downloading. But there were no Linux version - strange...

So, as a Linux user you are quite used to web sites requesting you to use Windows applications, but once you skip over that request it somehow works anyway...

So, I downloaded it - and it did not work. Opening the pdf in acroreader gives:

"There was an error opening this document. The security plug-in required by this command is unavailable."

Other PDF readers requires a password that I do not have...

Reading on this thread that you have had an internal Linux version working for at least a year without releasing it.

I see only two possibilities.
1) You have used GPL code in it and are afraid to be required to release all source if it is discovered.
2) You have used Microsoft intellectual property in it and are not allowed to release it.
I think #2 is much more likely as it would be possible to detect #1 in Windows/MAC versions too.

Gents,

eb20 Online Reader is designed to supplement the download experience. Any ebook you buy at eBooks.com naturally has the download option. Most of our books also have the read-online option.

eb20 is generated from PDFs sent to us by publishers.

The idea is that, if you don't want to download the whole book, or can't (firewall, etc) or you're at your computer at work, or in a cyber cafe in Mali, you can always just log in to your account and access your library from any PC.

We've been overwhelmed by publishers signing on to the eb20 program and are reeling under the tsunami of files being uploaded for conversion. I think we're 60% through the conversion process and we should be up to speed by the end of the year.

We're working on an upgrade and rename for the reader which will hopefully go live in a few weeks. The new version will have some remarkable features.

Here's a free link to a sample eb20 account. The link will persist for 3 months, but if you sign up now, the book should stay in your account forever. http://dc.eb20.com?v=kHYAELYXgUGG72uQ60q30PjSgPqamttP

Hmmm... I meant to create an account with several books in the bookshelf, but seem to have created several accounts with one book in each.

As this discussion is getting way off the topic -- Adobe Digital Editions -- I'll invite you to contact me offline for any further information. I'll be glad to hear your thoughts at adobeguys@sjcole.com.

Cheers,

Stephen Cole
CEO, http://www.ebooks.com

PS: Renich, I'll see if I can get your hacking book fast-tracked... or should I??

Well, not all of them are available for online reading. Hacking exposed is not, hehe...

what an irony, hacking exposed under DRM

Hi Stephen
Your eb20 application looks interesting but your website doesn't yet explain how it operates. Do you always need to be online to read the ebook or can you also download something to read offline in the browser? Your dropdown mentions "Adobe" so is this based on Adobe DRM or something else? Are you able to explain a little more about how this all works? Any chance of a free (perhaps public domain) ebook to try it out?
Regards
Andy

Paul,

Please forgive the craven commercial nature of this message ...

if you really need your students to have digital access to "Methods in Molecular Biophysics", eBooks.com offers online access to the book as well as the ability to download an Adobe version.

http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=293277

Because the book is viewed in a browser, it's Linux compatible.

Stephen Cole
CEO
www.ebooks.com

Just for curiosity I searched for "Linux" under http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/
Is it sad or outright ridiculous ?

Just wanted to buy Methods in Molecular Biophysics and recommend it to my students as an eBook. Unfortunately, my whole dept. runs on Linux, sorry, but another sale of 50 copies down the drain ...

I totally agree with Richard. Please, Adobe, release this to the people. Writing was created so it could be read... are you going to deny us the right to choose our OS?

Make it available for linux or provide both versions!